The area outside the Demon King's territory is quite lively today. It seems that since early morning, Sirina, Satan Ye, and that ghostly bespectacled girl have gone to the south of the Demon King's territory. A long procession of carriages can be seen from the castle.

That was a caravan, merchants who had been waiting for some time in the Demon King's territory.

"..."

"Ira, is there anything you want to buy?"

Vera walked over to Ira's side and together they cautiously watched the caravan in the distance from the castle platform. She spoke furtively, "Why do you look so secretive too?"

"also?"

Ira asked with this question in mind. He lowered his head and used the city wall on the open platform to hide himself. He said, "I have to hide the fact that I am in the Demon King's territory. What about you?"

As the former chief regent of the empire and now a wanted criminal, if the empire learns that he is currently in the Demon King's territory, then the empire has grounds to demand that the Demon King's territory hand over Ira.

That was a very bad situation, so Ira absolutely could not tell these merchants, who had a similar fondness for intelligence and goods, about her situation in the Demon King's territory.

Having chosen the Demon King's territory, Ira naturally understood that he needed to lie low for the time being. He looked at Vera, who seemed to be avoiding the merchants' gaze as well, and wondered why she was also making strange moves.

"I'm a wanted criminal too, okay?"

Vera said helplessly. She quietly raised her head to look at the caravan over there, then shrank back down. Looking at Ira, who looked helpless, she said, "It wouldn't be good if I were discovered, would it?"

"..."

In the brief silence, Ira gazed at Vera's face, which was so close to his own, and watched her complain while looking into her emerald green eyes. He stepped back slightly and said, "If you want to hide, there are plenty of good ways. You don't need to get this close to me."

Unaware that anything was amiss, Vera turned her head, then gently raised it again, glanced at it, and pulled it back, saying, "Because I wanted to see how the trade was going. Everyone's been watching over there, too..."

Vera is definitely right, because she has been in the Demon King's territory for a long time. If this is based on her experience, it is probably quite accurate, since she must have experienced the arrival of many trade caravans.

Is it always like this?

Thinking this, Ira couldn't stand the scent of Vera's perfume and moved further away... Actually, the scent was quite pleasant, but he just wasn't used to it.

In his mind, Vera was still just a silly girl who liked to play around and needed to be properly trained. Now, he suddenly realized that she might have been wearing perfume, which made him feel a little uncomfortable... even though Vera was twice his age.

"Hmm, Ira~ what are you doing~"

Vera, finally realizing something from Ira's actions, smiled. As if she had thought of something, she leaned closer to Ira with a mischievous grin and said proudly, "How is it? My corpse smells pretty good, doesn't it?"

"..."

Isn't it perfume?

"The... the smell of a corpse?"

Seeing Ira frowning as she asked the question, Vera nodded and explained, "After becoming a lich, although my body no longer smells like a corpse, Mana always has an uncomfortable, deathly aura about her."

That's true. As long as it's an undead creature (an inanimate object), Mana always seems to cling to you like a leech, giving off a cold and malevolent feeling, but that doesn't affect the battle.

"So, yesterday I used the giant bee to figure out a way to make my mana emit the aura of the living, and the price is that my body will emit this rather pleasant smell."

As Vera said this, she didn't know why Ira was raising her eyebrows slightly, nor did she know how valuable her invention was. She simply put her hands on her hips and said proudly, "I've named it [Corpse Fragrance]!"

"..."

Ira didn't know whether to laugh or say something first. He shook his head helplessly and said with a smile, "Can't you change the name? But your idea is very good. If you sell the finished product, it will definitely be a hit in the Empire. It just needs to be renamed."

Otherwise, such a name would be too strange.

"Do I smell good?"

When Vera asked a question that sounded like a real little girl's question, Ira glanced at her, then nodded honestly and said, "It smells good. You can give some to Shirina and the others later."

"I would have sent it even without you asking. I've already packaged it like the most beautiful perfume, everyone will love it... Hmm, do you want the [Corpse Scent Potion]?"

Ira gently shook her head at Vera's good intentions and said, "What I actually meant was to have that ghost give some of your... perfume as gifts to those traveling merchants."

Until the very end, Ira never uttered the term "corpse fragrance potion"... because it was just too strange.

"Why give it away? Shouldn't it be sold?"

When Vera raised her question, Ira looked at her to make sure she genuinely didn't understand and wasn't just trying to be clever. He then began to explain: "All interpersonal interactions involve an exchange of interests, some material and some spiritual."

"Furthermore, once they actually use your perfume, they'll understand that it operates on a completely different competitive trajectory compared to other perfumes, allowing them to fill untapped market pain points. Therefore, they'll want to acquire your perfume in their next transaction."

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